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September. A beautiful New York editor retreats to a lonely cabin on a hill in the quiet Maine beach town of Dead River - off season - awaiting her sister and friends. Nearby, a savage human family with a taste for flesh lurks in the darkening woods, watching, waiting for the moon to rise and night to fall.

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If you like Texas chainsaw massacre and the hills have eyes then this is the book for you although its very gory and very detailed it makes you think that you would never want to be in the position these characters were great disturbing well written story

Where has this autho been all my life? I'd never heard of Jack Ketchum till recently, and took a chance on this book. I am partial to this type of story, and the genre in general, but I didn't expect the book to be as good as it was. Very, very intense, graphic violence, but for a good reason. The antagonists (the family of cannibals) are truly froghtening, even the children. If you can deal with the violence, I highly recommend this book. One of the most frightening stories I've read in a long time.

15 of 15 people found this review helpful

Amazon Customer

27/12/09

Overall

"Breathless"

I now understand why Jack Ketchum's "Off Season" is a classic.
Mr. Ketchum is a master of setting a scene. He is also expert in building tension and conflict.
The story was gruesome...deliciously so. His writing...genius.
I will listen to it again.
And again.

11 of 11 people found this review helpful

Nathan

Wakarusa, KS, United States

04/11/10

Overall

"Nice!"

Flowed really well. People didn't like some of the gore but I'm all for it. It wasn't to much that made the story lose traction. It was a good listen. Fast paced and had me tense up in quite a few moments. People out to relax and end up in a fight for survival that leads to one of the most horrible nights I can remember in a book. Overall I liked this book. Good scary horror.

6 of 6 people found this review helpful

Jim "The Impatient"

Springfield, MO, United States

23/12/14

Overall

Performance

Story

"CRAZY AS A WHORE IN THE VATICAN"

Backwoods, backward, cannibalistic inbreed Yankees, my kind of book. This is Ketchum's first book, which explains the inconsistences in the writing. At times you think great and at others NOT. Overall it is a good read if you are into this type of stuff. Konrath writes better, but I don't know if I have read his first book, so we may not be comparing apples to apples.

It has gore, it has lots of sex and yea, it is a little sophomoric. If you are not into this genre, you will not like it, if you are into it, you will have a hoot.

I thought the narrator was pretty good. He is the kind of narrator, which makes you forget someone is narrating. You feel like you are reading it in your head, can't see how anybody could object to him.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

peter

Milford, CT, United States

25/06/12

Overall

Performance

Story

"Disappointing"

While Ketchum's story is entertaining in a "guilty pleasure" sort of way, it would require a far better narrator than Richard Davidson to make it acceptable as an audio book. The story and prose are crude and require a more skilled narration than is provided to make it work. I gave up on it about one third of the way through. Not recommended.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Neva

Kingston, TN, United States

03/12/09

Overall

"Great Read"

Didn't expect this! Exciting and different. Not familiar with the author but want to read more. Story is just enough to feel for the characters without being bored.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

crazybatcow

East Coast, Canada

04/01/12

Overall

Performance

Story

"The 1980s were a long time ago, eh?"

Overall, it's an okay story. I didn't realize that 1981 was so long ago but after reading this book and noticing just how much it reads like a "classic", I understand that the 1980s is a whole world ago and what was shocking and revolting then in fiction has been outdone since in real life. I didn't find it particularly gory or disturbing (go read Meat if you want something disturbing) but I'm sure for an 80s audience it must have been.

The women are beyond useless and the "bad guys" are beyond believable, and if I lived in Maine I'd be offended at how "hillbilly-y" Ketchum portrays the locals, but it's fast and nicely paced and you might still find yourself wondering how it'll turn out in the end, even if you might not care about any of the characters enough to hope for their survival.

But, for a fast and gory - albeit somewhat dated - horror book, it's decent enough. I don't think I'll read more of Ketchum though as it's really more like Shock-Horror than Terror-Horror which is what I prefer when I read horror books. Oh, and there's no subtlety as to what's going on, or what will happen in the end.

The narration is okay. He's not the most animated narrator I've heard, but he doesn't hurt the story any.

5 of 8 people found this review helpful

The Average Bear

20/10/16

Overall

Performance

Story

"Savage, Violent, and Incredible"

Off the coast of Maine, a tribe of cannibalistic savages has their eyes set on a cabin in the woods where a buffet of unsuspecting 80's era New Yorker's have decided to stay for a week. While this sounds like the simple, troupe fest plot to a cheesy slasher film, Jack Ketchum's "Off Season" is a slasher film fan's wet dream. Unapologetic, brutal, violent, and unafraid, "Off Season" quickly devolves into a nightmarish battle for survival where normal men and women must sink to the level of their enemies to overcome them.

Jack Ketchum doesn't pull any punches here. This book IS NOT for the faint of heart. Once called "violence pornography" in 1980 upon its first printing, this is the author's preferred version of the story. In the Afterword, Ketchum discusses the backlash the book received, the differences between the original published version and this newer edition, and his reasoning for the decisions he made in the book.

As far as the audio book performance goes, I felt in some parts the narrator got a little too far into the accents he does and it takes away from being able to understand what he is supposed to be saying. There are also a few parts where the narrator speaks too low and I am forced to turn up the radio and then all of a sudden, he shouts or gets emotional and it gets way too loud. Otherwise, the performance itself is wonderful and the narrator gives a voice to each of the characters making it easier to follow who is speaking.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

Liv

18/09/16

Overall

Performance

Story

"Put me to sleep rather than scared me"

This book is so boring, and when you pair it with a reader who sounds like he's more fit for reading a Little Women type book it's just awful. It took more than half to book to get anywhere, and once it got there they kept it boring and unreliable. When the freaks actually attack, half the characters aren't even afraid. Then the author kept switching between the freak attack and some boring dialog between a couple of cops. I try to listen to horror books to keep me going at work, and this one made me almost fall asleep while walking. Awful, awful, awful

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

Stoney

08/08/16

Overall

Performance

Story

"So glad I read this book!"

What made the experience of listening to Off Season the most enjoyable?

Was looking for a book similar to Endurance by Jack Kilborn and this was the closest I've read. Very much enjoyed it and all the craziness!

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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